Henryk Sienkiewicz

Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. After that, Lygia falls in love, but Marcus must go to meet Nero. After the meeting somebody told Marcus that Nero burnt Rome. Marcus decides to go back to Rome and find Lygia.

An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century. (imdb)

Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. (imdb)

This follow-up to With Fire and Sword is yet another romantic, action-packed drama woven around a stormy love affair set against the Polish-Swedish War in the 1600s. (rottentomatoes.com)

In this costume drama, a 17th-century Polish colonel falls in love with a princess. Unfortunately the girl is already engaged to a Ukraine commander. The colonel does his best to convince her to break it off and take off with him, which leads to violent consequences. (allrovi.com)

Silent version of QUO VADIS? starring Emil Jannings. (imdb)

Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome... (imdb)